land-sharking

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The speculative purchase of large amounts of land for the sole purpose of selling it at a profit. uncountable
    — The main object in making Colonists pay for their land, instead of the Government giving it to them, is to prevent what is called the land-sharking system.
  2. Any of various illegal or unethical practices around the sale or lease of land, such as criminally forcing sales, fraudulently selling land, charging exorbitant rents, etc. uncountable
    — "The landlords there" (Ireland), says Spenser, "most shamefully rack their rents;" so that our present generateion of rack-renters, land-jobbing companies, as well as land-sharking individuals, have a long prescription for their legalized system of plunder.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of land-shark form-of,gerund,participle,present
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